"ReServe" Program Connects Retirees to Nonprofit Agencies for Stipend-Paying Jobs in New York City
Staff at ReServe: Next Steps for Older Adults, an organization that connects experienced older adults with stipend-paying jobs that challenge them to use their lifetime skills for the public good, recruited, placed and trained skilled older adults in stipend-paying jobs at nonprofit agencies in New York City from 2006 to 2007.
The project reported here supported ReServe's goal to create a replicable program model offering adults the satisfaction of using their career skills after retirement and enabling agencies to undertake projects too costly at market rates.
Key Results
Inquiries about ReServe's program: 1,265
Applications for job placements: 567
Interviews with candidates: 445
Skilled workers qualified for placement: 397
ReServists placed at a host agency: 139